Chinese Reaction : Anti-Dumping probe into U.S. Products

Calling President Obama's anti-dumping measure of imposing trade restriction and tariffs on Chinese made tyres as "protectionist", Chinese Ministry of Commerce today ordered anti-dumping investigation on import of...

U.S. and China hash out details on cleantech deal

A major announcement is expected this week at the World Economic Forum in Dalian, China regarding a deal between the U.S. and China.  The deal seeks to establish a working relationship that will allow the two...

Harper Calls for Bringing Local Contracts into NAFTA

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has called for bringing municipal and provincial contract bidding into the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The announcement was made last night at a private dinner in Quebec City, where he and Quebec Premier Jean Charest...

50 million job losses projected worldwide for 2009 - ILO

Massive job losses around the world will mark the end of the first decade of the 21st century, with the United Nations' International Labour Organization (ILO) projecting 50 million by the end of 2009. " Worldwide...

G7 to avoid protectionism

" Finance ministers at a G7 meeting in Italy said raising barriers to free trade would make the downturn worse. Hours earlier, the US Congress approved an $787bn economic recovery plan that includes a 'Buy...

Economic crisis could cause ordinary people to rise up

The unequal distribution of wealth has often been at the root of social unrest as the great unwashed rise up against the few who have riches and power. At the G20 meetings in Davos, Switzerland, France's finance...

A fair deal for Africa?

"fair deal for Africa? RTÉ Europe Editor Sean Whelan takes a look at Economic Partnership Agreements and wonders if they provide a fair deal. The first summit in seven years between the European Union and the 52 nation African Union takes place in Lisbon, Portugal, on the...

Old Glory - Foreigners need not apply in Minnesota.

A New Minnesota Law With The American Flag"A move is under way in state governments across the country to ensure that all flags in the US are made in the United States.A new law that starts at the end of this year...

Tell me there's a heaven

"What was the largest and most destructive war in the last decade? No, not Iraq. It was the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo fought between Namibia, Zimbabwe and Angola on the one side, and Uganda and Rwanda on the other. South Africa brokered a tacit peace. But not...

Make Robert Milton Happy

"This should be good news to Robert Milton CEO of Air Canada, it's what he has been waiting for; open skies. Remember Open Skies....it was brought into Canada by the Mulroney Conservatives as part of NAFTA and allowed for the privatization of Air Canada. it led to the death...

Where Wealth, Environmentalism, And Nationalism Collide :: MAXINE

Argentina is a very large country with tremendous assets and beauty.  The problem is that due to the type of leadership the country is based on, most of the citizens believe their only opportunity lies in the...

North American Union Would Trump U.S. Supreme Court

The Bush Administration is pushing to create a North American Union out of the work on-going in the Department of Commerce under the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America in the NAFTA office headed by Geri Word.

Mexican Leader Faces Chilly U.S. Relations

When the next Mexican president takes office, one of his most daunting tasks will be breaking the diplomatic wall of ice that has formed between Mexico and its neighbor to the north.

WTO NAFTA And Montreal Metro

"The Left has been correct in dissing the international accords Canada has signed that restrict our economic soverignty. Here is a case in point. The irony being that the state capitalist Bombardier corporation calls for protectionism in the case of construction of subway...

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